While waiting for my hair to dry before bedtime, I thought I could just drop by and write something about events for the past 2 days.
I had just came back from a dinner gathering from my ex-cell group. Noted a lady who has been working 9am - 9pm for the past nine months in her office. A man who commented that he "just had a dinner party at his 1st condo (Pffftt... Do I care if it's your FIRST condominium?). Other than that, I had a wonderful wonderful time. The children are still very much close to me, even when I hadn't seen them for sometime. "Children magnet", one of the mom commented :D
Oh, they all love the guava dessert I made :D Got the recipe from the mother of a one of the pastors. Sliced guava with dried orange peel mixed with some chilli :D
Nice. I enjoyed myself.
. . .
To prepare the guava dessert, I went to the market in the morning (not too early though :P) I also bought some fishballs as an additional dish. Then there's breakfast.
Only then did it occur to me how heavy a task, literally, it is to do marketing! :O And I am not evey preparing a full dinner! I have more respect for mothers now. Besides the task of making marketing choices (which veggie to go with which other veggie; what kind of soup to cook; how should the fishes be cooked...), they have to carry these things all the way home from the market to their homes. Some are fortunate to have maids to help, or transport. But for people like my mother, they have to buy the stuffs and walk back home.
It's heavy, no joke. Carrying all those things with my bare hands, on my own, proved to be a challenge to my will power. I made it home nonetheless, but not without temporary marks made on my palms.
I salute all mothers/cooks of the house! :D
. . .
Then after that, I had to get myself ready to attend a ROM (Registration of Marriage) of J&P's friend, PS.
Without a church wedding or customary wedding, the registration seemed so simple. The solemniser completed the entire vow-ring-certificate thing in 5 mins!
Goodness gracious! And they booked the room for $200 dollars! And no refreshments somemore!
And they are married. Just like that. In 5 mins.
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Now, about the bridal shower... Ah-ha... U are all eager to hear about it, right?
Turns out it was the best bridal shower I've been to. And the lady that I had complained about earlier was not as curt as I made her out to be. The bridal shower was even held at her own bacholorette pad and she did most of the cooking!
How shameful I am.
1) The ambience created by some of the girls, with the various gifts scatted around.
2) My gift package for the bride - A Joysalt prescription :D. Everyone is suppose to get a creative gift for the bride-to-be based on the theme eternity.
3) My gift, a bottle of salt, with a bible verse (Colossians 4:6 - Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.) attached
I had an idea to give salt initially, because as a preservative, it's meaning is symbolic. Then I went to google for the meaning of salt in the bible and found this page on Wikipedia. Very, very interesting article of what does salt symbolise in various practices in the old testament time.
Anyway, back to the party...
I think it's probably because we have had a few showers before, it's not difficult to do a better one as we improvise over time. And yes, there were oohs and ahs moments because some gifts were really cute/pretty/handworked :D So yes, I guess I still like bridal showers :)
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Tomorrow is the last day of 2006, guys and dolls.
Have a great celebration, whether you do it in churches, pubs, clubs, on the streets, watching fireworks, homes, or in front of the telly.
May the new year bring you new hopes and new dreams.
And may you find the courage
I had just came back from a dinner gathering from my ex-cell group. Noted a lady who has been working 9am - 9pm for the past nine months in her office. A man who commented that he "just had a dinner party at his 1st condo (Pffftt... Do I care if it's your FIRST condominium?). Other than that, I had a wonderful wonderful time. The children are still very much close to me, even when I hadn't seen them for sometime. "Children magnet", one of the mom commented :D
Oh, they all love the guava dessert I made :D Got the recipe from the mother of a one of the pastors. Sliced guava with dried orange peel mixed with some chilli :D
Nice. I enjoyed myself.
. . .
To prepare the guava dessert, I went to the market in the morning (not too early though :P) I also bought some fishballs as an additional dish. Then there's breakfast.
Only then did it occur to me how heavy a task, literally, it is to do marketing! :O And I am not evey preparing a full dinner! I have more respect for mothers now. Besides the task of making marketing choices (which veggie to go with which other veggie; what kind of soup to cook; how should the fishes be cooked...), they have to carry these things all the way home from the market to their homes. Some are fortunate to have maids to help, or transport. But for people like my mother, they have to buy the stuffs and walk back home.
It's heavy, no joke. Carrying all those things with my bare hands, on my own, proved to be a challenge to my will power. I made it home nonetheless, but not without temporary marks made on my palms.
I salute all mothers/cooks of the house! :D
. . .
Then after that, I had to get myself ready to attend a ROM (Registration of Marriage) of J&P's friend, PS.
Without a church wedding or customary wedding, the registration seemed so simple. The solemniser completed the entire vow-ring-certificate thing in 5 mins!
Goodness gracious! And they booked the room for $200 dollars! And no refreshments somemore!
And they are married. Just like that. In 5 mins.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Now, about the bridal shower... Ah-ha... U are all eager to hear about it, right?
Turns out it was the best bridal shower I've been to. And the lady that I had complained about earlier was not as curt as I made her out to be. The bridal shower was even held at her own bacholorette pad and she did most of the cooking!
How shameful I am.
1) The ambience created by some of the girls, with the various gifts scatted around.
2) My gift package for the bride - A Joysalt prescription :D. Everyone is suppose to get a creative gift for the bride-to-be based on the theme eternity.
3) My gift, a bottle of salt, with a bible verse (Colossians 4:6 - Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.) attached
I had an idea to give salt initially, because as a preservative, it's meaning is symbolic. Then I went to google for the meaning of salt in the bible and found this page on Wikipedia. Very, very interesting article of what does salt symbolise in various practices in the old testament time.
Anyway, back to the party...
I think it's probably because we have had a few showers before, it's not difficult to do a better one as we improvise over time. And yes, there were oohs and ahs moments because some gifts were really cute/pretty/handworked :D So yes, I guess I still like bridal showers :)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Tomorrow is the last day of 2006, guys and dolls.
Have a great celebration, whether you do it in churches, pubs, clubs, on the streets, watching fireworks, homes, or in front of the telly.
May the new year bring you new hopes and new dreams.
And may you find the courage
to love more people,
to laugh at yourself,
to say sorry for the hurt you've given another person,
to forgive that person when you know you are ready to do so,
to stand up for what you believe in,
to pursue what you've always wanted to do, and
to exercise more than you do this year :)
*. .*. . . * . . God Bless Your New Year 2007! *. .*. . . * . .
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